Residential Cost Estimator

Company: Hubbell Realty Companies

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General Information
US-IA-West Des Moines
N/A
4 Year Degree
Full-Time
5 years
Not Specified
False
False
Job Description Position Summary

Responsible for developing and updating takeoffs on homes, options and completion of house

profit analysis. Conducts side-by-side cost analysis of homes. This position is also responsible

for value analysis, feasibility budgets for new projects, reporting historical trends, short term

forecasting, and conducting field verification of materials and labor hours to verify takeoff and

bid quantities.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

1. Creates and maintains requests for information from subcontractors.

2. Confirms and verifies submitted bids with plans, scope of work and standard features per

project.

3. Updates material pricing with accurate effective dates.

4. Creates feasibility budgets for pro forma analysis.

5. Acquires and estimates pricing for all standard and nonstandard options for region.

6. Conducts audit of selection sheets.

7. Maintains plan sets with current and up-to-date sets of all models and amenities for each

community.

8. Creates cost comparison analysis.

9. Maintains value engineering procedures for estimates.

10. Creates estimates of costs in an efficient manner that utilizes comparative and differential

estimating techniques.

11. Verifies field take-offs to the quantities projected in the action plan.

12. Researches, recommends, and implements cost-saving techniques.

13. Assists in developing accurate pro-forma models from committed and actual estimates for

home construction.

14. Maintains all applicable databases used in developing cost, quantity and unit price estimates.

15. Maintains floor plan takeoffs differentiating base and option quantities.

16. Builds assemblies and generate takeoffs.
17. Develops and maintains estimates in accordance with the company methodology.

18. Reports historical material price trends and forecasts short-term price trends.

19. Prepares any custom/special request takeoffs as required.

20. Competitively bids for work.

21. Reviews site analysis from builder and engineer and double checks exterior takeoffs for

accuracy.

22. Redlines plans with sales manager and design to determine constructability, salability and

profitability.

23. Prepares all documentation, delivers to municipalities, and picks up building permits.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

1. Researches and assists with billing questions, providing documentation for

discrepancies/deficiencies.

2. Assists and problem solves with vendors.

3. Assists with projects, as needed.

4. Provides reports, as needed.

5. Complies with company policy and procedures.

Job Requirements• Bachelor’s degree in construction engineering or construction management or equivalent experience required.

• Five years’ minimum estimating and contracts experience in the construction industry.

Residential experience preferred.

• Preferred Builder-MT and Timberline estimating proficiency, Plan Swift software for

takeoffs. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook and Excel

• General understanding of contract documentation

• Ability to read blueprints

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• General knowledge of construction industry

• Ability to multitask

• Ability to analyze data

• When necessary evening and weekend extended hours are a requirement in order to achieve

company daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual goals.

Hubbell Realty Company is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all qualified individuals to apply.

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